Stopper for fruit-jars or bottles.



No, 658,752, Patented Oct. 2, I900.

. J. BIE SEL.

STOPP ER FUR FRUIT JARS 0B BOTTLES.

(Application film! Feb. 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYS.

Nouns vzvins co. PI1OTO-LITNO., WASHINGTON, u, c.

NITED STATES PATENT-- FFicit.

STOPPER FOR FRUIT-JARS OR BOTTLES.

semmamn formingpart of Letters Patent No. 658,752, dated October 2, 1900.

Application filed February 8, 1900- Serial No. 4,476. (No model.) N

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that 1, JOHN BIESEL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoppers for Fruit-Jars or Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being'had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stoppers, and is particularly adapted for use in sealing bottles and fruit-jars.

The object of my invention is to provide a removable sealing-stopper for a bottle or jar and a removable fastening-stopper mounted above the sealing-stopper for securing the same in the neckof a bottle or jar to prevent its dislodgment until the fastening-stopper has been removed.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure l is a side view of a jar, partly broken away, showing my improved stopper in position, the relative' positions of the various parts being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the fastening-stopper. Fig.

5 is a perspective view of the sealing-stopper.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 indicates the body portion of a jar broken away at the lower end, and 2 the neck portion, provided with a pair of diametrically-opposite vertical grooves 3, having their lower end formed at an angle, as at 4., to the neck portion.

5 indicates a circumferential groove arranged near the top of the neck portion, opening into the same as well as the vertical grooves, and is of greater diameter than the neck portion.

6 indicates a sealing-stopper provided with a pair ofdiametrically arranged offsets 7, having the bottom thereof formed at an angle to the body portion of the stopper. These ofisets are adapted to be seated within the vertical grooves. The sealing-stopper 6 tapers toward the lower end thereof and is pro vided with a circumferential groove near its lower end, in which isadapted to be mounted.

an elastic washer 8, of greater diameter than the stopper, to obtain a seal to prevent the ametrically-arranged retainingprojections formed integral with the edge thereof, as at 12. V The upper face of the sealing-stopper has formed integral therewith an offset 13, having curved sides 14. This offset, as well as the sealing-stopper, is provided with a centrally-arranged opening 15,through which the retaining-lugs and arm 9 operate.

The operation of my improved stopper is as follows: The sealing-stopper is placed in the neck of a jar or bottle, an elastic washer holding the same securely therein and sealing the neck of the bottleto prevent the spilling of its contents. The ofiset 7 of the sealingstopper fits within the vertical grooves 3 and their upper end is below the circumferential groove, the arm 9 extending above the upper end of the neck of the bottle or jar, as will be seen in Fig. 2. The fastening-stopper is then inserted in the neck of the bottle, the projections 12 being placed within the vertical grooves 3. Of course it will be evident that the fastening stopper has the arm 9 projecting therethrough. This will be seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings. After the two stoppers have been: placed in position, as heretofore set forth, thefastening-stopper is given a half-turn, the projections 12 entering the circumferential grooves 5. This will securely hold the sealing-stopper in position, owing to the fact that the retaining-lugs 1O and the circumferential groove 5 will prevent the removal or displacement of the fasteningstopper and securely hold the sealing-stopperwithin the neck of the bottle.

It is thought that the many advantages obtained by the use of my improved stopper can be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the neck of a bottle or jar provided with a pair of diametricallyopposite vertical grooves and a circumferential groove, of a sealing-stopper adapted to be mounted within said neck portion, a pair of oifsets formed integral with said sealing-stopper and adapted to be mounted within said vertical grooves, a fastening-stopper mounted above said sealingstopper, and means formed integral with said stopper and adapted to operate in said circumferential grooves for retaining the sealing-stopper within the neck of the bottle or jar.

2. The combination with the neck of abottle or jar provided with a pair of diametricallyopposite vertical grooves, and a circumferential groove, of a sealing-stopper provided with an elastic washer mounted in said neck portion, a pair of ofisets formed integral with said stopper and adapted to be seated within said vertical grooves when the stopper is placed in the neck portion, an upwardly-extending arm formed integral with said stop= per, a pair of, offsets suitably connected to said arm, a fastening-stopper mounted upon the said arm, and a pair of projections formed integral with said fastening-stopper and operating in said groove for retaining said sealing-stopper in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN BIESEL. Witnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. W. ARTHUR. 

